About Northants birds

I’d been running the Northamptonshire Bird News webpage for almost ten years and the time had come for a change. The news page, while being purely functional, was rather limited in content and restricted in terms of what it delivered. This new, blog-based site, launched in May 2011, sets out to provide more detail behind the occurrences of birds locally, while at the same time providing the opportunity for discussion of the wider issues of status, conservation, identification and other related topics. Within this context I will also be indulging my passion for birding optics and offering comment on some of the product I regularly review in detail for Birdwatch magazine.

I like clean starts so I’ve backdated the news and comment to 1st May, even though this site went live on 6th May. Anyone is welcome to contribute news, records and items for discussion as well as photographs if, and when, these may be relevant.

I would like to take this opportunity to extend my thanks to the many contributors who have kindly shared news and records of birds seen locally over the past ten years. Without your input the site would have no doubt faded into obsolescence before ever evolving into this new, upgraded format.

So, welcome to the new Northants Birds … and watch this space!

Mike Alibone 6th May 2011

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30 Responses to About Northants birds

Like the new website, Mike. It looks really good. The heritage centre project I’m involved with has a website too: http://www.northamptonshireheritagecentre.org. The centre will be built next to the river a little downstream from Billing Mill. We’re planning to make part of the site into a conservation area, if we EVER get the funding!
Mandy

Only just visited since you changed the site Mike – looks very good! Although no longer a county resident, I am still around a few days a month for work. Gutted I missed the Black Stork – I was in Scotland.

Yes MIke, we moved over in the new year. Not had much time to make the most of the birding yet but plenty of time. We live in Swanton Novers (near the raptor watchpoint), although still not got Honey Buzzard on the new garden list 😉
Hope to see you around in Northants or give me a shout if you head over this way.

Marvellous site. I was able to locate the Cattle Egret near Summer Leys thanks to the tip off on your site. Although I saw many when I lived in Southern Africa it was lovely to see one here in England. I shall be following Northants Birds avidly!